War, public opinion and policy in Britain, France and the Netherlands, 1785-1815

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Full Title:: War, public opinion and policy in Britain, France and the Netherlands, 1785-1815 / Graeme Callister
Series Titles:: War, Culture and Society, 1750-1850
War, culture and society, 1750-1850.

Subjects:: Public opinion--Europe--History--18th century
Public opinion--Europe--History--19th century
Great Britain--Foreign relations--18th century
Great Britain--Foreign relations--19th century
France--Foreign relations--18th century
France--Foreign relations--19th century
Netherlands--Foreign relations--18th century
Netherlands--Foreign relations--19th century

Summary:: This book offers a detailed investigation of the influence of public opinion and national identity on the foreign policies of France, Britain and the Netherlands in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. The quarter-century of upheaval and warfare in Europe between the outbreak of the French Revolution and fall of Napoleon saw important developments in understandings of nation, public, and popular sovereignty, which spilled over into how people viewed their governments?and how governments viewed their people. By investigating the ideas and impulses behind Dutch, French and British foreign policy in a comparative context across a range of royal, revolutionary and republican regimes, this book offers new insights into the importance of public opinion and national identities to international relations at the end of the long eighteenth century.
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: xiv, 348 pages ; 22 cm.